Aerial footage of French train crash

Aerial footage shows the mangled carriages of a train which crashed in France,
killing several people and injuring dozens.

9:16PM BST 12 Jul 2013

The train, which was heading to Limoges in west-central France, crashed in the suburb of Brétigny-sur-Orge, around 16 miles south of the French capital Paris.

Local officials have said at least six people died and 22 were seriously injured when the train derailed and hit the platform leaving several carriages torn open and one lying on its side.

Aerial footage shows the twisted train carriages, six of which derailed, strewn across the tracks.

The train had 370 people on board when the collision occurred, 300 firefighters, 20 medical teams and eight helicopters were deployed to get the hundreds of survivors out of the wreck, according to the Interior Ministry.

President Francois Hollande said, "a catastrophe has taken place," and promised that a thorough investigation into what had happened would follow.